By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Auburndale avenged an early-season loss and defeated Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 49-40 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Friday night at Assumption High School.

The win is the Apaches’ third in a row and pushes their record to 10-4 overall and 5-3 in the Marawood South. Assumption is now 9-6 and 4-5 in the conference.

Auburndale plays at Neillsville on Monday.

Game statistics were not provided.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)